Notable properties are Church, Museum

Moberly recently inducted two more properties in the Historic Notable Properties Register prior to last night's City Council meeting.

These most recent properties to join the prestigious collection are Coates Street Presbyterian Church and the Railroad Museum. Both of these buildings are some of the original structures in Moberly, cementing their place as a Notable Property.

The Railroad Museum (officially known as the Railway Express Building) was constructed in 1889 as a Pacific Express Company office. After changing hands several times, the Moberly office was finally closed in the late 1960s. In 1976, Randolph County Historical Society acquired the original depot and office space. The Historical Society has gone to great effort to make the most of what is left of the original depot after the destruction caused to it by a tornado in 1995.

Coates Street Presbyterian Church has long been a fixture of Moberly, with construction beginning in 1891. The church was debt free in 1896, which allowed the building to then be dedicated. Over 1,200 people attended the dedication for the church on May 7, 1896. The corner stone of the building did pose some problems when it fell from the wagon and stayed in the city streets for six weeks, while the congregation plotted how to get the behemoth of a stone into place. The church has undergone intense maintenance throughout the years.